Forest of Reading 2013!

Pick of the Week is the Forest of Reading List!

 In case you don't know, Forest of Reading is an award in Ontario voted on BY YOU! A lot of schools have Forest of Reading programs where you read and discuss the books. I hope yours does!

Red Maple is for students in grades 7-8.

White Pine is for high school students in grades 9-12.

There are lots of good titles this year. Here are a few of my faves:

Which titles are you rooting for?

Forest of Reading!

I had the privilege of attending the Forest of Reading celebrations last week in Toronto. If you don't know, the Forest of Reading award is awarded to YA and children's literature by YOU, the reader. Often schools have Forest of Reading clubs where they read all the books and then vote on them.

It was a crazy loud and energetic event at Harbourfront in Toronto. Most of the authors were in attendance which was really cool and the readers went crazy for their favourite books. You can check out the books that were nominated here.

Vicki Grant's Not Suitable for Family Viewing ended up winning the Red Maple Fiction.
Bite of the Mango by Mariatu Kamara and Susan McClelland took Red Maple Non-Fiction.
Monkeyface Chronicles by Richard Scarsbrook won the White Pine Award which surprised me. It doesn't seem too popular here but obviously it's a phenomenal book.

Make sure you add those to your to-read list and check out the other nominated titles. You might find your next favourite book!

White Pine Nominees!

There are some AWESOME White Pine nominees this year! Funny stuff, serious stuff, paranormal stuff, realistic stuff, you name it! I hope you guys check them out. (As a reminder, these are the Forest of Reading books aimed at high school students. The winner is determined by who YOU vote for).

There are too many books to list here but check out the list on Bibliocommons and place your holds now!

Also check back on Thursday when Sarah will be reviewing one of the White Pine titles!

Red Maple Nominees 2011

The Red Maple Award Nominees were announced last week. The Red Maple Award is given to a Canadian book aimed at grades 7-8. The best part? The readers actually pick the winner. Do you guys have a Red Maple club at your school?

Here are some of the nominees! Check out the rest of the list here!